Jakob’s 100-Day Art Challenge: Figure Drawing

[Jakob]

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[Jakob]

Today I started watching the first gesture videos from Glenn Vilppu talking about Gesture and there are quite some things I am still missing out on.

[Jakob]

I just watched 2 videos of Glenn Vilppu analysing old masters and tried to follow some of his points about gesture but it failed pretty badly. I struggle starting with the broken lines, leading the eye because I am not sure what I want to exactly convey with the marks , that I am using. On top of that I dont know where to break the lines. After that I should proceed  with the contour lines and when I showed the tilt of the figure I should start bracketing/containing form. Feeling the form was easier in my second drawing but drawing these figures from imagination is a complete change for me. Following reference is so much easier but this exercice makes you really think, where you want to place things.

[Jakob]

[Jakob]

I also draw super light so a lot of stuff gets lost here again…

[David Carter]

Hi Glen,  I don’t think you are failing at all.  These figures show life and the proportions are good.

[Jakob]

Thanks David, I just struggle comparing my  current work to my old stuff even though there are obvious improvements. A lot of times I look at masters and wish for the same results when that is completely crazy.

[Jakob]

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[Jakob]

gestures from 10 seconds to 2 minutes.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Jakob.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Jakob.

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